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Considering our two countries are very similar to each other it is interesting there is a 50 country difference between us in homicide rates.

Well one factor could be the population difference....but then again China has a very low homicide rate too and has 4 times the people we do.

I don't get it..... it's not the population so much....it's not the video games as people from Asia are generally avid gamers...it's not the movies...or the nudity on TV....that leaves medication, our Justice system, our guns, our history, inbreeding, or greed.

Well one factor could be the population difference....but then again China has a very low homicide rate too and has 4 times the people we do.

I don't get it..... it's not the population so much....it's not the video games as people from Asia are generally avid gamers...it's not the movies...or the nudity on TV....that leaves medication, our Justice system, our guns, our history, inbreeding, or greed.

I would take Chinese provided statistics with a grain of salt, for that matter I would take any nations statistics with a grain of salt.

Well one factor could be the population difference....but then again China has a very low homicide rate too and has 4 times the people we do.

I don't get it..... it's not the population so much....it's not the video games as people from Asia are generally avid gamers...it's not the movies...or the nudity on TV....that leaves medication, our Justice system, our guns, our history, inbreeding, or greed.

and you believe the statistics coming from a closed off society? there murder rate is miniscule because execution isn't not considered murder in China.

I don't know if it's in your link, but I heard this morning on the news that more people are killed in the U.S. each year with blunt instruments (Hammers and Clubs) than with rifles. I will never look at a Carpenter the same again; nor turn my back on one at a job site. I suppose I might make exceptions for those that register their claw hammers and go through an apprentice program which includes the proper use and handling of hammers and nails.

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I don't know if it's in your link, but I heard this morning on the news that more people are killed in the U.S. each year with blunt instruments (Hammers and Clubs) than with rifles. I will never look at a Carpenter the same again; nor turn my back on one at a job site. I suppose I might make exceptions for those that register their claw hammers and go through an apprentice program which includes the proper use and handling of hammers and nails.